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Metal By Numbers 1/16: Masks and Mascara

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.

Finally, we’ve got some new debuts for you in 2013. This week, the top 2 debuts are also the top 2 albums for metal this week and they are in the top 10 overall. These albums come courtesy of a mask wearing band (not Slipknot) and mascara wearing band (not Alice Cooper). So, if a band ever decided to wear both masks and mascara, would they sell a lot of albums? Probably not, because it would be kind of stupid to put on makeup then put a mask over it.

And so the first metal debut of 2013 is Hollywood Undead’s third studio album. Given, this debut sold fewer than the debut of their second album, but it’s still a solid start. You might remember the band putting out a video for the song “We Are”, which was directed by fellow band-who-wears-masks member M. Shawn Crahan, aka Clown of Slipknot.

Looks like people were so in need for a rock opera concept album that the went and bought Black Veil Brides’ latest effort. The concept in question revolves around a group called (you guessed it) The Wild Ones and their fight against an organization called F.E.A.R. (presumably unrelated to the video game). There’s also a film adaptation called Legion of the Black, if you wanted to know.

Jason Newsted is back with an EP that probably took him all of 5 minutes to name. It’s cool that this is seeing sales even just as an EP (or maybe people just really wanted Jason’s handwritten lyrics). Also, I’m predicting that Newsted’s next release will be titled…Heavy. Good thinking, right?

Hailing from New Jersey, the band’s debut album was very well received, but after going on an indefinite haitus no one was sure when new material would be released. Lo and behold, the band have finally released their follow up. It’s good to see that, through all the trials and tribulation, the band were still able to put out new material.

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A Pale Horse Named Death, the project featuring former Life Of Agony and Type O Negative members will release their new album When The World Becomes Undone on January 18th, 2019 via Long Branch Records/SPV. Today (14th), the group are streaming the new song “Vultures.” Check out the track below and pre-order the album here.

Blink-182’s Travis Barker’s Musink festival will return in March at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. The event is scheduled to run from March 8th-10th as Suicidal Tendencies and Limp Bizkit will be next year’s headliners. While we are still waiting for a third headliner to be announced, other acts include Hatebreed, […]

KoRn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer joined Hyro the Hero onstage earlier this week (4th) during Hyro’s performance at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, CA. Shaffer’s surprise guest appearance was for the song “Devil In Disguise,” taken from Hyro’s latest effort Flagged Channel. Check out the fan-filmed clip below: [via Revolver]

It looks like Mastodon are working on their follow-up to 2017’s Emperor of Sand. Drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor shared an image via Instagram of himself and guitarist Bill Kelliher confirming new music is in the works. Check out the image below: View this post on Instagram […]

Machine Head’s Robb Flynn has revealed he will perform at Stars to the Rescue XXVIII, which is scheduled to be held on January 26, 2019 at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA. Flynn will have a 30 minute performance as he announced his participation in the below video: Tickets are available at […]